CITY NEWS
Market Stall Sells Left-Handed Screwdrivers; Right-Handed Customers Furious for No Reason
A trader has successfully sold ordinary screwdrivers by placing them in two different boxes.
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Latest reports, incidents and everyday peculiarities from across the City of Ventorn.
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Clock Fixed; Now Rings Only When Nobody Is Looking
A repaired workshop clock has developed a timing issue that witnesses describe as suspiciously theatrical.
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Street Drain Returns Same Teaspoon Found Last Month, According to One Engineer
A teaspoon has appeared in another maintenance channel, and one engineer insists he recognises it.
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Department Denies Ownership of Giant Red Lever in Basement
A large red lever has been found in a municipal basement, and every department has immediately decided it belongs to somebody else.
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Old Lift Stops at Floor That Does Not Exist; Passengers Decline to Investigate
An old service lift briefly opened between levels and presented passengers with a wall. Everyone agreed this was enough information.
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Bell Street Nameplates Swapped Overnight; Nobody Admits Knowing Why
Two street signs changed places overnight and spent the morning confidently identifying the wrong streets.
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Postal Bird Rejects Parcel for Being Too Heavy; Parcel Contains One Biscuit
A postal bird has refused a parcel that turned out to contain a single biscuit packed with unreasonable confidence.
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Market Scale Gives Everyone Exactly One Pound Too Much and Becomes Very Popular
A faulty market scale has been removed after developing an unexpectedly loyal customer base.
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Invisible Steam Leak Produces Very Visible Hat Problem
A harmless upward steam draft has been discovered after three hats independently attempted flight.
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Library Accepts 47 Washers as Late Fee After Misunderstanding
A library patron has learned that “metal discs” and “money” remain separate categories in Ventorn.
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Mechanical Boot Demonstration Ends With One Boot Walking Away
A cobbler’s self-tightening boot prototype has passed the “moves” test more successfully than intended.
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Street Painter Paints Line Around Sleeping Man Rather Than Wake Him
A municipal line now contains one extremely precise human-shaped detour.
